Curtain-rod attachment.



B. M. GIBSON.

CURTAIN ROD ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED OCT- 27. 1916.

1,242,172. Patented 0 9,1917.

n sits PATENT ora ion.

BESSIE M. GIBSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

To all whom itmag concern."

Be it known that I, Bnssm M. GmsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Rod Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention is a device designed for ence is had to the accompanying drawing forminga part of this specificatlon.

In the drawing, I Figure l is a Perspective view showing the application 0 the invention; Fig.2 is a longitudinal section of the device, and

Fig. 3 is a plan view showingthe blank out of which the device is formed.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the device comprises a thimble 5 closed and tapered at one end, and open at the other end so that it may be slipped over the end of the curtain rod or pole shown, at 6. The thimble contains a series of gripping members 7 adapted to engage the side of the rod and holdthe thimble inplace thereon and against slipping oil the same. These gripping members are spring tongues projecting inward into the interior of the thimble and having their free ends pointing in the direction of the closed outer end of the thimble. The thimble can therefore be readily slipped over the end of the curtain rod Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed October 27,1916. Serial No. 128,068.

or pole by inserting the latterinto' the open rear end. of the thimble and then pushing the latter forward in the thimble. With elther operation, the resilient tongues 7 yield outward to allow the pole to pass, andthey press against the. pole with suflicient force 'to retain the thimble thereon. The diameter of the pole is slightly less than the inside diameter of the thimble.

The thimble hereinbefore described provides an end cap for the curtain rod or pole, and its tapered shape enables the latter to be readily passed through the hem of the curtain without impediment or danger of tearing the same.

The thimble can be very cheaply con-.

structed out of a single piece of suitable metal which is rolled into tubular shape, with one end of the tube closed and tapered. The resilient tongues are integral with the body of the device and are formed. by slitting the material and bending the tongues thus formed inward. Fig. 3 illusformed before it is rolled into a tubular shape.

I claim D A device of the character described comprising a thimble closed and tapered at one end and having' its other end open, said the thimble back over the ,pole or pushing trates the blank out of which thedevice is thirrible being also provided with longitudinal slits terminating short of its ends and defining integral resilient tongues on the side of the thimble and projecting thereinto, the free ends of the tongues extending in the direction of, the closed end of the thimble.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

BESSIE M. GIBSON. 

